Three Titles from Langston Hughes

To include:

Langston Hughes. TAMBOURINES TO GLORY. New York: The John Day Company, 1958. First edition. Black cloth-covered boards, spine with black lettering on pink ground; in illustrated yellow dust jacket. 8vo; [1-10]-188pp. (Boards with light wear to extremities and minor separation from text block at head; interior with light toning, previous owner's name on first free endpaper, and offsetting on final few leaves, otherwise extremely clean and unmarked; jacket price clipped and with scuffing, mild toning and soiling, and edge wear. A very good copy in an about very good jacket.)

Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps, eds. THE POETRY OF THE NEGRO, 1746-1949: A DEFINITIVE ANTHOLOGY. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1949. Later printing. Light green cloth-covered boards ruled in red with silver lettering on cover and spine; in unclipped ($6.50) dust jacket. 8vo; xviii, [1-3]-429, [1]pp. (Boards with slight edge toning and spine ends lightly rubbed with minor separation from text block starting; extremely clean interior with areas of browning on endpapers and mild toning; jacket with mild toning, some scuffing and patches of grime, mostly light edge wear, and interior damp staining. Very good plus in approaching very good jacket.)

Langston Hughes. SIMPLE SPEAKS HIS MIND. NY: Simon and Schuster, [1950]. Readers' Edition. Paperback. In printed and illustrated wraps. 8vo; [viii], [1-2]-231, [1]pp. (Wraps with toning, wear to extremities, mild scuffing, and a couple of small damp stains on spine; interior with typical toning, first leaf detached. A good plus copy.)

8 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.; 7 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.

From a Private North Carolina Collection